The Ballad of Black Tom
(eAudiobook)
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Macmillan Audio, 2016.
ISBN
9781427273802
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3h 9m 0s
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eAudiobook
Language
English
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
Victor Lavalle., Victor Lavalle|AUTHOR., & Kevin R. Free|READER. (2016). The Ballad of Black Tom. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Victor Lavalle, Victor Lavalle|AUTHOR and Kevin R. Free|READER. 2016. The Ballad of Black Tom. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Victor Lavalle, Victor Lavalle|AUTHOR and Kevin R. Free|READER. The Ballad of Black Tom. Macmillan Audio, 2016.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Victor Lavalle., Victor Lavalle|AUTHOR. and Kevin R. Free|READER. (2016). The ballad of black tom. Macmillan Audio.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Victor Lavalle, Victor Lavalle|AUTHOR, and Kevin R. Free|READER. The Ballad of Black Tom. Macmillan Audio, 2016.
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| Full title | ballad of black tom |
| Author | lavalle victor |
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| Last Update | 2026-01-21 21:56:44PM |
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Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his black skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their trained cops. But when he delivers an occult page to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.
A storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. Will Black Tom live to see it break?
"LaValle cleverly subverts Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos by imbuing a black man with the power to summon the Old Ones, and creates genuine chills with his evocation of the monstrous Sleeping King, an echo of Lovecraft's Dagon...
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